The Last of Earth vs The Mad Wife: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Last of Earth The Last of Earth Deepa Anappara ★★★☆☆ 3.5 Unknown

From the award-winning author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line comes a “splendid” (The New York Times) novel set in nineteenth-century Tibet that follows two outsiders—an Indian schoolteacher spying for the British…

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Cover of The Mad Wife The Mad Wife Meagan Church ★★★★☆ 3.9 321 pages · ≈ 5 h 57 m · Moderate

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…

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How to choose

Scores by source

The Last of EarthThe Mad Wife
Goodreads 3.4 (252) 3.9 (173928)
Hardcover 3.7 (5) 3.7 (65)
Apple Books 4.5 (5) 4.0 (489)

Reception

The Last of EarthThe Mad Wife
Ratings 252 173928
Editions 1 —
Want to read 17964 —
Written reviews 252 —
Pages — 321

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